Elon Musk Queries Journalist Over Allegations of Government-Driven Censorship on Twitter

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Elon Musk has called on an independent journalist to provide information on how the U.S. government is allegedly pressuring Twitter to suspend the journalistโ€™s account for posting anti-vaccination content.

Musk asked Substack writer, Alex Berenson, in a July 6 post on Twitter, about Berensonโ€™s allegation that the U.S. government had pressured Twitter to censor him for posting his opinion questioning the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.

โ€œCan you say more about this: โ€˜โ€ฆ pressures that the government may have placed on Twitter โ€ฆโ€™,โ€ Musk said, referencing Berensonโ€™s blog post about being suspended by Twitter.

โ€œI wish I could,โ€ Berenson said minutes later, responding to Musk, โ€œbut the settlement with [Twitter] prevents me from doing so. However, in the near future I hope and expect to have more to report.โ€

Berensonโ€™s Twitter account was reinstated on July 6 after the social media platform โ€œpermanentlyโ€ banned him over purportedly violating its COVID โ€œmisinformationโ€ policy. This follows Berenson filing a lawsuit against Twitter in April.

In a blog post published July 6, Berenson elaborated that despite his inability to discuss his case now, he will be able to disclose further โ€œin the near future.โ€

โ€œYou know what it took Twitter to admit it shouldnโ€™t have done what it did? You do not, and I canโ€™t tell you, because the statement is all I can say about the settlement,โ€ Berenson wrote.

โ€œThe settlement does not end my investigation into the pressures that the government may have placed on Twitter to suspend my account. I will have more to say on that issue in the near future,โ€ he wrote.

โ€œI made a promise to readers last month, and I take my promises to readers seriously.โ€

โ€˜Close Nexusโ€™

What attracted Muskโ€™s attention was Berensonโ€™s claim that government entities were pressuring Twitter to suspend Berenson over vaccine claims.

Byย Gary Bai

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